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oˈpinionator Also 8 -er. [f. opinionate v. after L. agent-nouns.] One who holds an opinion, a theorist; = opinator, opiniator.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 83 Such..are to be called Philosophers not opinionators or lovers of opinion. a1716South Serm. (1744) X. i. 9 The Pharisees, and the Opinionaters of their own holiness. 1930New Statesman 8 Nov. 147/1, I can only regret that Mr. West devotes so much of his space to Mr. Wells the opinionator instead of to Mr. Wells the artist. 1960Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 339/1 The opinionators..are quite ready to sign petitions and organize meetings, and to these the artist is supposed to contribute his ration of right-feeling and right-thinking. 1973Ibid. 16 Mar. 294/2 A pleasure that ought never to be tasted by the professional opinionator. 1974Ibid. 7 June 610/2 The age demands superstars, intellectual acrobatics, personality cults, instant opinionators. |